feldman at the modern

from herb levy of other arts:

Hello,

I've been remiss in not forwarding this sooner. Even if you missed Louis Goldstein's performance last Sunday, this coming Saturday you have the chance to hear the second part of an ad hoc Morton Feldman festival here in Fort Worth.

Why Patterns? is a comparatively short piece from Feldman's late period, only a half-hour long, and it's really wonderful. I hope to see y'all there.

Bests,

Herb

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*Morton Feldman's/ Why Patterns?/*
*Elizabeth McNutt, flute; Steven Harlos, piano; Christopher Deane, percussion*

*Saturday, December 8, 2:00 pm*
*Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth*
*3200 Darnell Street*
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*free admission*
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presented in conjunction with the exhibition
/Declaring Space: Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein/
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Music that matches the art of Rothko, Newman, Fontana and Klein:/ Why Patterns?/ declares a space that reflects these vast canvases. Feldman, a personal friend of Rothko and Newman, creates an ethereal music inspired particularly by Rothko: in Feldman's own words, "the degrees of stasis found in Rothko were perhaps the most significant elements that I brought to my music from painting." Its ever-shifting textures draw the listener from the surface beauty of a few simple melodies into the inner life of sound. In this meditation, time and space become one.

more information: ( 817) 738-9215 or http://www.themodern.org